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Optical fiber AC voltage sensor
Author(s) -
Kim Soobong,
Park Jaehee,
Han WonTaek
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.24434
Subject(s) - voltage , interferometry , materials science , fiber optic sensor , michelson interferometer , optical fiber , signal (programming language) , optics , transducer , optoelectronics , physics , electrical engineering , acoustics , engineering , computer science , programming language
A fiber‐optic interferometric voltage sensor with a high‐sensitivity is investigated. The fiber‐optic voltage sensor is composed of an in‐line Michelson interferometer bonded to a piezoelectric transducer (PZT). The in‐line Michelson interferometer is a hollow optical fiber spliced to a single‐mode fiber at one end and cleaved at the other end. A phase shift in the sensor output signal is induced when applying an AC voltage to the PZT; and a higher‐amplitude voltage produces an output interference signal with a higher frequency. The relation between the amplitude of the applied voltage and the phase shift of the sensor output signal is found to be approximately linear and the slope of the relation graph is about 0.116 πradian/V. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 1689–1691, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24434